Maine at Army

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  The sun, New York [N.Y.], October 19, 1919, page 23

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  ARMY HELD DOWN BY MAINE ELEVEN West Point Football Team Is Able to Score Only One Touchdown. FINE DEFENSIVE WORK Down Fasteners Show Their Strength When Cadets Carry Ball in Danger Zone. WEST POINT, n. Y. Oct ls.-The Army eleven caught Tartar in little Maine here to-day. the Down Fasteners holding the soldiers TO close margin victory of to 0. IT is true that sew eral of the Army’s best men were not in to-days struggle because of injuries ; nevertheless the plucky collegians stood the Army offtwice when the Cadets got far down the field with the ball and made the West Pointers work hard for their only touchdown. At the start Maine, with n light fast team, looked good and Stewart and Coady circled the Army ends for several substantial gains during the early stages of the fray, but thereafter the Army solved this play and Maine was on the defensive for the remainder OF the day. but very strongly defensive at that. The soldiers score came in the middle OF the second quarter when Clark, a new back field man for the Army, tossed IL forward pass to Stout for touchdown after the Cadets had reached Maine s 10 yard line the goal was missed. Maine stood solid In the third quarter after the Cadets had carried the ball to their Is yard line and took the oval on downs at that point Again in the final period Names defence stiffened. and after Lystad had run So yards to Names yard mark the stonewan line held the Army off and sure looking touchdown went glimmering The lineup:

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  New-York tribune, New York [N.Y.], October 19, 1919, page 16

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  Pass Wins for ARMY Eleven, 6 to 0 WEST POINT, N. Y, Oct. l8.-The Army eleven caught a tartar in little Maine here to-day. the down. Eastern ers holding the soldiers to close mar gin victory Of 8 to 0. 1t Is true that several Of the Army’s best men were not in to-day’s struggle because Of in juries, but nevertheless the plucky COL legians stood the Army off twice when the cadets got far down the field with the ball and made the West Pointers work hard for their only touchdown. At the start Maine, with light, fast team, looked good and Stewart and Coady circled the ends for several substantial gains during the early stages Of the fray. but thereafter tho Army solved this play and Maine was on the defensive for the remainder Of the day. The soldiers score camo in the mid die Of the second quarter, when Clark, new backfield man. tossed q for ward pass to Stout for touchdown after the cadets had reached Names 1o-yard line. The goal was missed. Maine stood solid in the third quarter after the cadets had carried the ball to their 15yard limo and took the oval on downs at that point. Again in the final period Names defence stiff fened, and after Lystad had run thirty FIVE yards to Names 5-yard mark. the stonewall line held the Army off and a sure looking touchdown went glimmering. Tho 1inA~uD.

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Army leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings.